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draw
English
Etymology
From Middle English drawen, dra?en, dragen, from Old English dragan (“to draw, drag, pull”), from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *dragan?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?reg?- (“to draw, pull”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: drawer (UK)
- (US) IPA(key): /d??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d??/
Verb
draw (third-person singular simple present draws, present participle drawing, simple past drew, past participle drawn or (colloquial and nonstandard) drew)
- To move or develop something.
- To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation
- A flattering painter who made it his care / To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Retaliation
- To deduce or infer.
- (intransitive, transitive, of drinks, especially tea) To steep, leave temporarily so as to allow the flavour to increase.
- (transitive) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, etc.
- To take into the lungs; to inhale.
- Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
- 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
- So always look on the bright side of death / Just before you draw your terminal breath
- (used with prepositions and adverbs) To move; to come or go.
- To approach, come to, or arrive at a point in time or a process.
- (transitive) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- (transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
- (archaic) To draw up (a document).
- To sketch; depict with lines; to produce a picture with pencil, crayon, chalk, etc. on paper, cardboard, etc.
- To exert or experience force.
- (transitive) To drag, pull.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VIII
- Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.
- At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VIII
- (intransitive) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling.
- To pull out, unsheathe (as a gun from a holster, or a tooth).
- To undergo the action of pulling or dragging.
- (archery) To pull back the bowstring and its arrow in preparation for shooting.
- (of curtains, etc.) To close.
- (of curtains, etc.) To open.
- (card games) To take the top card of a deck into hand.
- (transitive) To drag, pull.
- (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
- To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
- The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
- 1705, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves.
- To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
- 1705, Richard Wiseman, Tumours, Gun Shot Wounds, &c.
- Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can be generated.
- 1705, Richard Wiseman, Tumours, Gun Shot Wounds, &c.
- (figuratively) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
- To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
- (intransitive, medicine, dated) To work as an epispastic; said of a blister, poultice, etc.
- (intransitive) To have a draught; to transmit smoke, gases, etc.
- (analogous) To consume, for example, power.
- To extract a liquid, or cause a liquid to come out, primarily water or blood.
- To change in size or shape.
- To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- (intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
- To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch.
- To attract or be attracted.
- To attract.
- To induce (a reticent person) to speak.
- (hunting) To search for game.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p.87:
- On one of my expeditions, after a stormy night, at the end of March, the hounds drew all day without finding a fox.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p.87:
- To cause.
- (intransitive) To exert an attractive force; (figuratively) to act as an inducement or enticement.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries
- These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
- Keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries
- To attract.
- (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
- January 19 1782, Benjamin Franklin, letter to John Jay
- but I would have you draw on me for a Quarter at present which shall be paid
- January 19 1782, Benjamin Franklin, letter to John Jay
- To disembowel.
- 1709, William King, The Art of Cookery
- In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.
- 1709, William King, The Art of Cookery
- (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
- To choose by means of a random selection process.
- To select by the drawing of lots.
- 1784, Edward Augustus Freeman, An essay on parliamentary representation, and the magistracies of our boroughs royal: […]
- Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
- In the drawing of lots, my sister drew her own room, and I drew Master B.'s.
- 1784, Edward Augustus Freeman, An essay on parliamentary representation, and the magistracies of our boroughs royal: […]
- (transitive) To win in a lottery or similar game of chance.
- (poker) To trade in cards for replacements in draw poker games; to attempt to improve one's hand with future cards. See also draw out.
- To select by the drawing of lots.
- (curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
- (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
- (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
- (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
draw (countable and uncountable, plural draws)
- The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
- The game ended in a draw.
- The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
- The draw is on Saturday.
- Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
- After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.
- 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
- (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
- (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
- (curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
- (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
- 1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 15
- The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral.
- 1918, Willa Cather, My Ántonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 15
- (slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
- 2011, Yvonne Ellis, Daughter, Arise: A Journey from Devastation to Restoration (page 54)
- So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw.
- 2011, Yvonne Ellis, Daughter, Arise: A Journey from Devastation to Restoration (page 54)
- (slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
- 2017, Michael Coleman, Old Skool Rave (page 139)
- Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring.
- 2017, Michael Coleman, Old Skool Rave (page 139)
- In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
- (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
- (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
- (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
Synonyms
- (The result of a contest in which neither side has won): stalemate
- (dry stream bed that drains water during periods of heavy precipitation): dry creek
Derived terms
Translations
References
- draw at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- -ward, Ward, ward
Welsh
Etymology
Related to Breton treu, Old Breton dydreu, didreu.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /dra?u?/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /drau?/
Adverb
draw
- there, yonder, beyond
- Synonyms: acw, hwnt
- over
Usage notes
This adverb, originally the a soft-mutated form of traw, is found almost exclusively as unmutatable draw today except in literary contexts where forms such as aspirate-mutated thraw may be encountered.
Derived terms
- draw fama (“over here”)
- draw fan hyn (“over here”)
- draw fanna (“over there”)
- draw ’na (“over there”)
- mas draw (“exceedingly”)
- ochr draw (“other side, far side”)
- pen draw (“far end, limit”)
- trwyddo draw (“through and through”)
- tu draw (“beyond”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “draw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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weed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
- Homophone: we'd
Etymology 1
From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English w?od (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud, from Proto-Germanic *weud? (“weed”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”).
Noun
weed (countable and uncountable, plural weeds)
- (countable) Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.
- Short for duckweed.
- (uncountable, archaic or obsolete) Underbrush; low shrubs.
- A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
- (with "the", uncountable, slang) Tobacco.
- (obsolete, countable) A cigar.
- (uncountable, slang) Cannabis.
- (countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.
- (countable, Britain, informal) A puny person; one who has little physical strength.
- (countable, figuratively) Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- grow like a weed
- weeds
Etymology 2
From Middle English weeden, weden, from Old English w?odian (“to weed”), from Proto-Germanic *weud?n? (“to uproot, weed”). Cognate with West Frisian wjûde, wjudde (“to weed”),Dutch wieden (“to weed”), German Low German weden (“to weed”).
Verb
weed (third-person singular simple present weeds, present participle weeding, simple past and past participle weeded)
- To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.
- I weeded my flower bed.
- (library science) To systematically remove materials from a library collection based on a set of criteria.
- We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.
Translations
See also
- weed out
Etymology 3
From Middle English wede, from Old English w?d (“dress, attire, clothing, garment”), from Proto-Germanic *w?diz, from which also wad, wadmal. Cognate with Dutch lijnwaad, Dutch gewaad, German Wat.
Noun
weed (plural weeds)
- (archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 5 p. 75[2]:
- Shee, in a watchet weed, with manie a curious wave
- Which as a princelie gift great Amphitrite gave
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 5 p. 75[2]:
- (archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 3
- DON PEDRO. Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;
- And then to Leonato's we will go.
- CLAUDIO. And Hymen now with luckier issue speed's,
- Than this for whom we rend'red up this woe!
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 3
- (archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.
- (archaic, especially in the plural as "widow's weeds") (Female) mourning apparel.
- 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England, Second Book:
- In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing.
- 1641, John Milton, Of Reformation in England, Second Book:
Translations
Etymology 4
From Scots weid, weed. The longer form weidinonfa, wytenonfa (Old Scots wedonynpha) is attested since the 1500s. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language analyses the longer form as a compound meaning "onfa(ll) of a weed", whereas the Scottish National Dictionary/DSL considers the short form a derivative of the longer form, and derives its first element from Old English w?dan (“to be mad or delirious”), from w?d (“mad, enraged”).
Noun
weed (plural weeds)
- (Scotland) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.
- 1822, William Campbell, Observations on the Disease usually termed Puerperal Fever, with Cases, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 18:
- The patient […] aborted between the second and third month; […] felt herself so well on the second day after, that she went to the washing-green; and, on her return home in the evening, was seized with a violent rigor, which, by herself and those around her, was considered as the forerunner of a weed.
- 1822, William Campbell, Observations on the Disease usually termed Puerperal Fever, with Cases, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 18:
- (Scotland) Lymphangitis in a horse.
Etymology 5
From the verb wee.
Verb
weed
- simple past tense and past participle of wee
References
- weed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “weed”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- (tobacco; a cigar): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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